Job responsibilities
Duties and
Responsibilities
Primary
care clinician duties including (but not limited to) face to face
consultations, video consultations, telephone consultations, e-consultations
and queries. Also, home visits, duty
doctor/on-call responsibilities, clinical administration, prescribing, and
dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. Acting as Named GP for a share of
registered patients proportionate to contracted hours.
As part of the Practice
team, contributing to the delivery of QOF and enhanced services.
Contributing to the
management and development of the Primary Care Network, including the
performance of work undertaken by the Practice as part of the PCN.
Helping to ensure that
the Practice remains safe and effective, including by the use of clinical
audit and learning from significant events and complaints. Attending team meetings.
Helping to ensure that
the Practice provides a supportive working environment for clinicians,
trainees and other employees.
Supporting colleagues learning and professional development, as well
as your own.
Complying with the
General Medical Councils Good Medical Practice and other standards for
doctors.
Helping to ensure that
the Practice complies with CQC requirements for primary care, including all
fundamental standards of care.
Ensuring that you
always work within your own competencies and training
Complying with G DOC
policies
Observing health and
safety guidelines at all times
Any other reasonable
duties that may be required from time-to-time
Clinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the Practice
timetable, you will make yourself available to undertake a variety of duties
including surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and
queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical
reports and examinations (e.g. insurance companies) on behalf of the Practice,
referral letters, and NHS/private paperwork and correspondence.
Acting Named GP for a share
of registered patients proportionate to contracted hours.
Making professional, autonomous
decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred
from other health care workers within the organisation;
Recording clear and contemporaneous
I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards;
Collecting data for audit purposes as
per Practice protocols.
Reviewing patients for the purposes of
quality improvement and safety. i.e. MRHA safety alerts and dementia reviews.
Prescribing in accordance with locally
agreed or national guidelines.
Cover for other doctors: will be
provided by reciprocal sharing of correspondence, results and prescriptions for
absent doctors, which is a Practice policy.
Other responsibilities with
the Practice:
Contributing to the teaching and
training of trainees, new employees and employees who are undertaking training.
Awareness of and compliance with all
relevant G DOC policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data
protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.
Contributing to evaluation/audit and
clinical standard setting within the organisation
Attending training, Practice meetings
and clinical meetings and events organised by the Practice, PCN, or other
agencies such as the CCG, where appropriate.
Contributing to audits and written
returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the
designated funding (e.g. Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)
Confidentiality
Comply with the Confidentiality Agreement.
Health & Safety
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, you have a personal
responsibility to have regard to your own and others safety.
You should familiarise yourself with
fire exits at all sites where you work, and the action that you should take in
the event of a fire.
Personal alarms are available from G
DOC for all GPs, wherever you are working.
Your site induction should cover local procedures for summoning external
help. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with these local procedures.
You must comply with site Health and
Safety procedures, including those that concern clinical waste, use of
hazardous substances, and the use and disposal of sharps.
Health and safety hazards should be
reported to the Practice Manager.
You should dress appropriately and professionally. To reduce the risk of sharps injuries, shoes
should be closed (not open sandals).
You must ensure that your car is
insured for commuting and home visits.
GPs in Gloucestershire have been the
victims of serious & sustained stalking and violence. You should not give anyone outside the
Practice information about when and where colleagues will be working. Refer any
queries about rotas etc to the Practice Manager or G DOC. Be aware that stalkers may have knowledge of
the local healthcare system and sound very plausible.
Equality and Diversity
You must support the equality, diversity and rights of patients,
carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the
importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent
with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation;
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs
and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
Quality and Patient Safety
You will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
Comply with the General Medical
Councils Good Medical Practice.
Alert other team members to issues of
Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event
Analysis reviews
Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or under supervision;
Contribute to the effectiveness of the
team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to
improve and enhance the teams performance;
Work effectively other agencies to meet
patients needs;
Effectively manage own time, workload
and resources.
Avoid working if you are impaired from
doing so safely or effectively, for example due to illness.
Avoid working excessive hours that
might impair your clinical performance, and ensure that you have sufficient
rest between Clinical Sessions. You must
not work a daytime clinical session for G DOC if you have worked during the
previous night, unless you have had at least eight hours break between the two
sessions.
Ensure that any necessary handover and
follow up arrangements for patients have been made.
Include work for G DOC in your
appraisal discussions, including any complaints or significant events in which
you have been involved, and audit results where provided.
Inform G DOC if you have concerns about
a colleague that might affect patient safety
Inform G DOC of any complaints or
significant events that have arisen from your work for G DOC, whether in
services directly provided by G DOC or for a third party provider.
Participate in investigations of any
complaints or significant events that have arisen from your work for G DOC in a
timely manner, if asked to do so.
Inform G DOC within seven working days
or before your next Clinical Session (whichever is sooner), if you are under
investigation by the General Medical Council or NHS England (e.g. the PAG), an
employer or a CCG.
Inform G DOC within seven working days
or before your next Clinical Session (whichever is sooner), if you have any
restrictions or conditions imposed on your practice by the General Medical
Council or NHS England (e.g. the PAG), or a CCG.
Inform G DOC within seven working days
or before your next Clinical Session (whichever is sooner), if you have been
suspended or removed from the National Performers List.
Inform G DOC within seven working days
or before your next Clinical Session (whichever is sooner), if you have been
charged with any criminal offence.
Communication
You should recognise the importance of
effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team
members, including through use of email, TeamNet and other agreed communication
channels;
Communicate effectively with patients
and carers;
Recognise peoples needs for
alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly i.e. signing and
use of telephone and face-to-face translators.
Contribution to the planning
and implementation of services
You will:
Apply Practice policies, standards and
guidance;
Discuss with other members of the team
how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work;
Participate in audit
Work with colleagues and the management
team to achieve standards of quality, performance standards, budgets and
targets without compromising levels of patient healthcare.
Contribute towards the development and
implementation of new standards, policies and procedures that are/will be
required of GP Practices now and in the future (as directed by NHS England/
DoH/ CCG/new legislation etc.)
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